Drexell's Class

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Drexell's Class is a situation comedy aired by Fox Broadcasting Company as part of its 1991-92 lineup.

Drexell's Class starred Dabney Coleman in the role of Otis Drexell, a fifth-grade teacher fictional Grantwood Elementary School in Cedar Bluffs, Iowa. In the backstory, it was revealed Drexell was a famous corporate raider who lost a large amount of money on a failed venture, to which he dodged his taxes and was subsequently arrested. At his court case, he was told that he would get a suspended sentence on the basis he work as a teacher in the undermanned school until he pay back taxes. Drexell is also a divorced man whose two daughters live with him. Besides the bevy of cute kids, the cast also included, two antagonists, rival teacher Roscoe Davis (Dakin Matthews) and Principal Francine Itkin (Randy Graff), who was later succeeded by Principal Marylin Ridge Edie McClurg. One of Drexell's few friends at the school was school janitor George (Cleavant Derricks), who shared Drexell's love of sports and beer. Most shows revolved around Drexell's unwilligness to teach children lessons by the book or him trying to be a good father to his daughters. Occasionally a subplot happened where Drexell's ex-wife appeared, in which Otis was hoping she would remarry so he can stop paying alimony.

At first two of the working titles of the show, before Drexell's Class was selected; were the more blunt, Oh no, Not Drexell! and Shut up, Kids!

Drexell's Class is not currently in syndication. As of 2008, there are no known plans to release the show on DVD.

1 Cast
2 Episode list
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Cast

Dabney Coleman ... Otis Drexell
Randy Graff ... Principal Francine E. Itkin
Dakin Matthews ... Roscoe Davis
Jason Biggs ... Willie Trancas
Heidi Zeigler ... Nicole Finnigan
Damian Cagnolatti ... Kenny Sanders
Matthew Lawrence ... Walker
A.J. Langer ... Melissa Drexell
Brittany Murphy ... Brenda Drexell
Edie McClurg ... Principal Marilyn Ridge
Cleavant Derricks ... George Foster
Phil Buckman ... Slash
Jacqueline Donnelly ... Bernadette
Matthew Slowik ... Lionel

[edit] Episode list

1st Season 1991

1- 1 8G03 19 Sep 91 Otis' Last Day

1- 2 8G02 26 Sep 91 Air Drexell

1- 3 8G04 3 Oct 91 Misery Loves Drexell

1- 4 8G05 10 Oct 91 Love Walked Right In and Swept Mr. Drexell Away

1- 5 8G01 17 Oct 91 Convictions

1- 6 8G07 24 Oct 91 Viva Lost Wages

1- 7 8G06 31 Oct 91 Best Halloween Ever

1- 8 8G08 7 Nov 91 Driving Drexell Crazy

1- 9 8G10 14 Nov 91 Down and Out at the Out 'n In

1-10 8G09 21 Nov 91 The Best Thanksgiving Ever

1-11 8G11 5 Dec 91 Bully for Otis

1-12 8G12 12 Dec 91 Silent Night, Holy Smokes

1-13 8G13 16 Jan 92 My Own Private Iowa

1-14 8G14 23 Jan 92 Beauty and the Beast

1-15 8G17 6 Feb 92 Ashes to Ashes

1-16 8G15 13 Feb 92 Till Death Do You Part

1-17 8G18 20 Feb 92 Cruisin'

1-18 8G16 5 Mar 92 The Resentments

[edit] Trivia

The Simpsons made light of the show's cancellation in their 1992 Treehouse of Horror episode with a "graveyard of cancelled shows". A tombstone of Drexell's Class is featured alongside tombstones of Fish Police, Capitol Critters, and Family Dog.
On the wall of Drexell's classroom a progression of American flags is shown from 1776 to the year 2000. The year 2000 shows a flag of Japan. This raised a tremendous controversy with the VFW and veterans' groups of the Second World War who claimed that, even in jest, it was in very poor taste.